ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Belmont County Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Berhalter overruled a motion from the attorney of a Bellaire man accused of murder to separate the two charges he currently is facing. Virginia native Sandton Browder, 23, is being held in the Belmont County Jail on $3 ...
MOUNDSVILLE – Moundsville Middle School students rolled up their sleeves Monday morning and got to work making Grand Vue Park spiffy and clean just in time for the summer season. The students picked up trash, pulled weeds and cleaned playground equipment in an effort to help Grand Vue ...
A Wood County grand jury indicted Preston D. Pierce on Friday in connection with the disappearance and death of Gretchen Fleming, whose case has remained under investigation since she was reported missing in December 2022. Law enforcement officials held a briefing Friday evening. Pierce, 58, ...
MARTINS FERRY – Husband and wife Ron and Melanie Shaw were seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Route 7 Saturday evening. The two were flown to UPMC in Pittsburgh, where Ron Shaw’s condition remains unknown and Melanie Shaw was reported in stable condition. Ron Shaw is a member ...
CHARLESTON - With last week's primaries seeing several incumbent members of the West Virginia House of Delegates lose their elections, House members came to the State Capitol Building Monday for a series of two-day meetings. Legislative interim meetings for both the House and the state Senate ...
A Wheeling man was arrested Monday morning on drug charges following a traffic stop near Bridge Park, the Wheeling Police Department announced Monday. Gabriel Matthew Gelena, 22, was charged with one count of possession to deliver a controlled substance. Officers patrolling Wheeling Island around 8 a.m. initiated a traffic stop on North Wabash Street near Bridge Park. When the officer approached the driver, they located suspected narcotics inside the vehicle. After being transported to police headquarters, the substance tested positive for approximately 22.6 grams of ...
